Khaled Hosseini Quotes about Lying

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There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

Khaled Hosseini

Life, Lying, Sin

I've read that if an avalanche buries you and you're lying there underneath all that snow, you can't tell which way is up or down. You want to dig yourself out but pick the wrong way, and you dig yourself to your own demise.

Khaled Hosseini

Lying, Snow, Demise

Khaled Hosseini (2013). “And the Mountains Echoed”, p.214, A&C Black

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

Khaled Hosseini

Lying, Writing, Fiction

A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one woke up and in the silence that followed, I understood the nature of my new curse: I was going to get away with it.

Khaled Hosseini

Lying, Silence, Wake Up

Khaled Hosseini (2004). “The Kite Runner”, p.73, Penguin